Sir Walter Scott and his Jedburgh court memories
The article recounts Sir Walter Scott's early legal trials after being called to the bar in 1793 at Jedburgh assizes. It notes a veteran poacher case with a sharp exchange, a grateful housebreaker's advise about watchdogs and rusty keys, and Scott’s later remembered rhyme about the yelping terrier and rusty key as his best Jedburgh fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Jedburgh Assizes
Lockhart
Scott
Jedburgh
Artistic debate on a woman's most fascinating life period
Bremen Zeitung reports an artist and an author debated the age when a woman is most fascinating. The artist argues twenty five to forty is a transition period not to be painted, while the author claims thirty to forty is the peak of fascination and beauty. The question remained unsettled.
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Anamusia
Lfe
Bremen Zeitung
Sea snakes roam South Pacific shores and New Zealand coast
Sea snakes are plentiful in the south Pacific and widely distributed with stray individuals found on New Zealand’s coast. They swim with heads below the water, come ashore at night among rocks, feed on fish, and though their small double fangs seem harmless they are reported as very venomous.
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South Pacific
New Zealand
Open Air Treatment For Bone Tuberculosis On Prudence Island
Through the late James A. Garland's gift a summer ward for children with necrosis or bone tuberculosis was set up at Conanicut Park Hotel Prudence Island as a branch of Rhode Island Hospital. Mrs. Garland will fund ongoing care next summer, with plans to make the orthopedic ward a year round Rhode Island Hospital unit.
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James A. Garland
Conanicut Park
Prudence Island
Rhode Island Hospital
Narragansett Bay
Garland
Providence
Conaniocut Park
Rhode Island
Evening Curfew Urged After Lengthy Stay Out
A fragment from the Houston Post quotes a concerned speaker chiding Jolno for staying out late, remarking a man of his age should be home earlier and expressing disapproval at the solitary scene indoors.
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Houston Post
Auction of Ann Maria Crown estate in Barrington Rhode Island
Probate Court of Woonsocket orders sale of a Barrington land lot in Rhode Island. On December 13 1908 at eleven o clock a m the administrator will sell the widow's property with fifty dollars cash due at sale and balance on deed delivery within five days. The plot is bounded by John H Lane West Neck Road Royal Z Crown and Hundred Acre Cove.
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John Trudell
Bristol
Rhode Islands
Whitford
J I. Buffum
W.W. Perry
Eng
Joseph L Buffam
Mary J) Whitford
Perry Street
Thompson Avenue
Joseph I
Buffum
de Mortizac Be
Providence
Woonsocket
Rhode Island
Ann Maria Crown
Woongocket
Barrington
County of
John H. Lane
West Neck Road
Royal Z. Crown
Hundred Acre Cove
Bartington River
Crown
Sylvanus W. Brown
Ann Maria Town
Y M C A Bowling Tournament Highlights
Last evening team No. 5 led by W A Snow defeated team No. 1 led by O W Cramer by three strings. Top scores include T Brightman with 110 in a single string and Oscar Kunze with 297 across eight strings. Team No 1266 posted the highest total.
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W. A. Snow
O. W. Cramer
T. Brightman
Oscar Kunze
L. Gorham
Asa W. Hathaway
L. F. Gorham
Edmonds
Lawton
Kineer
J. B. Newman
A. W. Hathaway
M. Cahoon
Aba W. Paine
Crockford
F. Rounds
The Camel Pace and Its Limits
The camel can run at most seven miles an hour, but only for about two hours. Its normal speed is five miles per hour, and pushing beyond this risks harm or death. If overexerted, the animal will kneel and may never rise again, a fate likened to it dying where it kneels. A fire under its nose serves no purpose.
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Nickel
Japan
Rayo Lamp
Mohammed
Jerusalem
Mecca
Asia
Times of
India
Schurz Snap at Pretenders at a New York Dinner
Carl Schurz dismissed literary pretenders with sharp humor at a New York dinner. A wealthy poet, who boasted he would rather be seen as a third rate poet than a first rate statesman, faced Schurz’s quick retort about ambition and integrity.
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Carl Schurz
New York
Mr. Schurz
Notable Names Unfold in Milton Paynp Case
In a local record, Philo and Thayer join Milton Paynp alongside Philip C. Sheldon James L Jenke Edwin A Perrin. The list reflects individuals connected to a community matter under review.
Tiny zinc ore particles drift unseen in water
Lead or zinc ore can be so finely pulverized that a tablespoonful may be mixed in a bucket of clear water without visible particles. When powdered the particles are 59 minute in size, often taking half an hour to settle, showing a stream may carry large quantities of metal rich minerals.
Neatly Turned
A magistrate questions an old offender as Pat admits he was brought in for drunkenness and for policemen. The exchange highlights Pat’s repeated run-ins and the magistrate’s pragmatic response.
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Pat
Quoted Exchanges on Debt and Suspicion
A collector asks for the worst outcome while the doctor estimates a bill around 6100. The dialogue notes gratitude and ingratitude among benefactors. A quip laments that higher status breeds less trust, and a maxim on progress emphasizes using foresight over choice.
Rexall "93" Hair Tonic Promises Hair Growth Remedy
Newspaper ad promotes Rexall "93" Hair Tonic as the cure for dandruff, hair loss, and gray or fading hair. It claims to destroy scalp microbes, stop falling hair, and banish dandruff, with a large bottle priced at fifty cents and a money back guarantee if claims aren’t met.
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Rexall
Coming Events. Feaste of the Nations at Memorial Chapel
Des 5 Wednesday Feate of the Nations rests at Memorial Chapel under the Congregational Club auspices on Jan 1 Tuesday evening Uncle Silas comedy drama by Bristol Dramatic Company in Bristol Opera House
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Memorial Chapel
The
Congregational Club
Silas
Bristol Dramatic Company
Bristol Opera House
Boy Burned to Death in Warren Tenement Fire
A crippled boy named Napo leon Asrbonean, aged about 12, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Carboneau, died in a Warren tenement blaze that started around 1 am when three Italians saw the fire and alerted occupants. The attic resident could not escape. charred remains were found by firemen around 4 am. The old house, 200 years in age, likely lost to an overheated chimney.
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Napoleon Asrbonean
Louis Carboneau
Warren
Colt Memorial High School Cornerstone Dedication
The town celebrated the marble Colt Memorial High School as a gift in memory of a generous, kind donor. On October 16, 1906 the cornerstone was laid by the Grand Master of Masons amid speeches by state leaders and a scholar chorus. The building promises lasting educational value and annual gratitude to the donor.
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Nean
Ager
Aneetons
Colt Memorial High School
Ney
Oo. A. M
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